How to Be an Artist
Essential advice for aspiring and established artists
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Octopus Publishing Group
Published:17th Mar '20
Should be back in stock very soon
This guide offers practical inspiration for aspiring artists, featuring essential advice on overcoming creative challenges and realizing artistic dreams in How to Be an Artist.
In How to Be an Artist, Jerry Saltz, the Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic, shares his insights on awakening creative potential. Drawing from his extensive experience in the art world, Saltz addresses common questions from aspiring artists: How do I get started? How can I improve? Is my work truly art? This book serves as a guide for anyone looking to navigate the complexities of artistic expression.
The book is filled with practical advice, including dozens of new rules, prompts, exercises, and tips aimed at overcoming creative blocks and fostering motivation. Saltz encourages readers to embrace their unique artistic journeys, emphasizing the importance of making art for the present rather than the future. His candid suggestions, such as recognizing and resisting conventional constraints, resonate deeply with both novice and seasoned artists alike.
Throughout How to Be an Artist, Saltz's engaging and humorous writing style makes the process of self-discovery enjoyable. He reminds us that being an artist can be a lonely pursuit, but it doesn't have to be painful. By offering guidance on how to recover from setbacks and finish projects, Saltz empowers creative individuals to pursue their dreams with confidence. This book is a must-read for anyone looking to explore their artistic potential and find joy in the creative process.
Inspiration leaps off the pages from Jerry Saltz's new book on creativity. One wants to say he's revealing secrets, but really, he's revealing intuition - intuition formed from decades of thinking about art. This book is for the artist or non-artist, for the person who gets plain English, for the person who understands that practical talk can coax out the mystical messages that lie underneath - Steve Martin
In How to Be an Artist, Jerry Saltz is so right-on it scares me - Cindy ShermanJerry is an impassioned lover of all art and all artists, heartbroken when they're not good and joyous when they are. You don't read so much as bathe in his prose, turbulent but clear, emerging each time as hopeful as this morning - Peter SchjeldahlAn inspiring guide to making your art, putting it out into the world, and dealing with the consequences. I found a lot to steal here, and you will too - Austin KleonWhat is an artist? If most things make you bored or sad, but creating things makes you feel better, that's a sign that Fate is ushering you over to a tiny, rickety chair with a sign overhead that says, Hey, you. You might be an artist. The challenge then is, how to be a better artist. And Jerry Saltz is right: The truest answer is work. Practice. Make mistakes. Tear it up. Do it again. Get better. Keep going - Roz ChastI am so blown away by the astonishing simplicity of what Jerry Saltz succeeds at - the act of naming what it means to be an artist. The way he hands away the keys, offering these tips to anyone, is an inspiring move, because it takes the tools of the literal masters and offers them to whoever wants them. Any reader would be lucky to escape their self-doubt to indulge in this straightforward, funny, and delightful guide - Jill SolowayAh! How to Be An Artist is such a fun and juicy read for artists of all kinds. 'Artists are cats,' he says - such a simple but brilliant description of the artist's relationship to the world. I read this and thought, I guess I am a real artist! - Kim Gordon, Sonic YouthI was so moved by Jerry Saltz's incredible new book, How to Be An Artist...Deep and beautiful insights into how humans create - Amy SedarisISBN: 9781781577820
Dimensions: 192mm x 126mm x 16mm
Weight: 335g
144 pages